Vela NDU EAS ControllerVela NDU EAS Controller

BEFORE connecting any hardware, verify that the NDU BEFORE connecting any hardware, verify that the NDU front power LED indicator is OFF. front power LED indicator is OFF.

If not, switch the NDU power off by pressing the red If not, switch the NDU power off by pressing the red power button on the front panel. power button on the front panel.

Important: Important: Do not remove the external AC to cycle Do not remove the external AC to cycle power!power! Wait for the power button LED to stop flashing, Wait for the power button LED to stop flashing, i.e., LED solid off (this may take a few seconds). i.e., LED solid off (this may take a few seconds).

Vela NDU EAS ControllerVela NDU EAS Controller

Connect your monitor keyboard and mouse to the NDUConnect your monitor keyboard and mouse to the NDU

Vela EAS ControllerVela EAS Controller

Rear view Rear view Ports used for EASPorts used for EAS

EAS-911+ NDU Controller wiringEAS-911+ NDU Controller wiring

Vela proprietary cableVela proprietary cable

Parallel Y-cable for ACMParallel Y-cable for ACM

ACM DIP switch settingsACM DIP switch settings

ACM Program Audio and Main Video Loop-thru

ACM Loop-thruACM Loop-thru

NDU Local LoginNDU Local Login

After all hardware has been connected, switch the NDU on by pressing the front panel power button. The NDU monitor should display the typical PC boot dialog and then the Linux boot dialog.

After the Linux boot has completed, a login prompt should be displayed: ndu Login:.

Type "root" (without the quotes and no uppercase letters) for the initial login. Press the Enter key. You will be prompted for a password. Type "acmndu" (without the quotes no uppercase letters) and press the Enter

key. This will produce a Linux command line prompt: [root@NDU root#]. Now type "startx" (without the quotes and no uppercase letters) and press the

Enter key. This will launch the "Windows-like" KDE Desktop. Verify that the mouse is functional by moving it and observing that the mouse

pointer moves appropriately on the display. Put the mouse pointer on the Netscape browser icon (looks like a ship's steering wheel, located in the bottom middle quadrant of the screen) and press the mouse left button to launch Netscape.

The browser should automatically redirect to 192.168.0.1, display the EAS/ACM Gateway Page and then the NDU Login Page. If the browser does not redirect automatically type "192.168.0 .1" (without the quotes) in the browser address box and press Enter.

You then need to login again on the NDU login page. Type "Admin" (without the quotes, uppercase A and remaining letters lower case) as the default user name, and "acmndu" (without the quotes no uppercase letters) as the password. Put the mouse pointer on the login button and press the left mouse button. You can now proceed to configure the NDU.

Select “Run server auto config”, click OK once and then click Select “Run server auto config”, click OK once and then click CANCEL once. CANCEL once.

Auto Configure Auto Configure ACM’sACM’s

Then go to the “Channels” page to verify all of the ACM’s are in the chart. Then go to the “Channels” page to verify all of the ACM’s are in the chart.

Details, crawl messaging and full page pointer channels are selected on the EAS ZONES” page. ”Accept Changes” to save new settings.

EAS ZonesEAS Zones

Select the audio input on the “AUDIO” page.

AudioAudio

Contact Closures (GPI)Contact Closures (GPI) The xeas.1 selection keeps the GPI ouput-1 contact active during The xeas.1 selection keeps the GPI ouput-1 contact active during the text crawl duration. There are a total of six independent GPI the text crawl duration. There are a total of six independent GPI outputs.outputs.

Helpful information about configuration and operation is available under the “HELP” tab.

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